Overall Green Earthquake alert in Pakistan on 23 Oct 2014 04:05 UTC

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M 4.9 in Pakistan on 23 Oct 2014 04:05 UTC

Event summary

This earthquake can have a low humanitarian impact based on the magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

GDACS ID	EQ 1041935
Earthquake Magnitude:	4.9M
Depth:	25.96 Km
Lat/Lon:	34.92 , 73.85
Event Date:	23 Oct 2014 04:05 UTC 23 Oct 2014 09:05 Local
Exposed Population:	4219755 people within 100km
Inserted at:	23 Oct 2014 05:03 UTC

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	0.6		0
	Scaled population (vector)	n.a
	C1 earthquake	n.a
	C2 earthquake	n.a
	Country Vulnerability	n.a
	INFORM_normalised	n.a

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Earthquake hits Pakistan 10/24/2014 2:26:00 PM.

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Quake jolts parts of Malakand 10/24/2014 11:01:00 AM.

PESHAWAR - A moderate earthquake measuring 5.1 on Richter scale jolted parts of Malakand division in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Friday. According to the Meteorological reports, the tremors were felt in Malakand, Dir, Swat and adjourning areas. T

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4.8 magnitude earthquake hits Peshawar 10/23/2014 1:26:00 PM.

WAM / 23 October 2014 So far, there have been no reports of casualties. Islamabad: A moderate earthquake measuring 4.8 on the Richter scale jolted Peshawar and nearby areas earlier today morning. Pakistan Meteorological department sources

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Tremors felt in parts of northwestern Pakistan 10/14/2014 9:24:00 AM.

PESHAWAR: Parts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa were jolted on Tuesday by a moderate earthquake early in the morning but there was no loss of life reported. The meteorological department said the intensity of the earthquake was 5.5 on the Richter sca

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